So I have been swamped lately and haven't been able to put up a post in a while but I have been keeping up with the workouts. Here is a quick update of what I have been up to.
After the Jared WOD I did
Overhead squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Front squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Back squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
I didn't write down the weights for the workout but it was nothing impressive. I'm still working on the overhead squat. Feel like I'm improving but still have some work to do. By the time I got to the back squat I'm was pretty tired and couldn't lift anything near my normal 1 RM.
Next was:
10 rounds with a 2 minute rest in between, of any (or any combination) of:
Swim 100 meters
OR
Run 400 meters
OR
Row 500 meters
OR
Bike 1000 meters
I started with 4 rounds of the 500m row, then 3 rounds of 1000m Bike, and finished with 3 rounds of the 100m swim. Really wasn't a bad workout at all. I'm a terrible swimmer so those intervals were by far the toughest.
The next workout was more cardio intervals:
Three rounds for time of:
Row 500 meters
Run 400 meters
This really wasn't bad at all. I had to do this at the gym so it was kind of annoying running upstairs to get on the treadmill to run the 400m intervals then back down to the rowing machine. I've been bad about writing down my times for these workouts but I'm pretty sure it took me 11 minutes.
I enjoyed the break with the cardio workouts but then it was back to hitting it hard again:
50-35-20 reps of:
Wall balls
Pull-ups
Double-unders
This was a pretty tough one. I'm getting better at kipping pull ups but it was still brutal to do that many. The double unders aren't bad at all.
I had to head to LA during the next workout which was suppose to be:
Complete as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes of:
10 Kettlebell swings, 2 pood
10 Box jumps, 24 inch box
10 Ring dips
At the hotel I just did DB Swings with a 50lb DB, Box Jumps, and MB Push Ups instead of ring dips. No clue how many rounds I made it through. I was just trying to get the workout in between meetings. Luckily it was only 15 minutes.
The next WOD was Snatch balance 1-1-1-1-1-1-1. I had never actually done this exercise before so I wasn't concerned with the weight I was doing. Just wanted to get a feel for the technique. I ended up doing 45-65-75-85-95-100-105-110. I'm getting better at the OH Squat position but it still just squares me to go heavy.
Five rounds for time of:
135 pound barbell Overhead walking lunges, 25 feet
15 Knees to elbows
This was the next WOD for me. I did this at the gym so I couldn't do walking lunges. I figured out it would take me 8 steps to lunge this far so I just did 8 OH lunges. Didn't feel like I could do 135lbs so I did 95lbs. This was a nice and quick one but felt great. This took me about 10 minutes to finish. My abs were pretty sore the next day too.
Next WOD:
Five rounds for time of:
275 pound Deadlift, 5 reps
10 Burpees
I knew I would keep for with 275lbs so I did 225lbs. This took 8:21. Tough but not too bad. Just had to be really careful when going back to deadlifts after burpees. I could see this workout destroying someone if they weren't careful.
Then finally yesterday I did:
For time:
135 pound Thruster, 15 reps
Run 200 meters
95 pound Thruster, 20 reps
Run 400 meters
65 pound Thruster, 30 reps
Run 800 meters
Did all the weights as written. It took 19:18 to finish. Again annoying to have to run upstairs to get to the treadmill and to change weight each round. It would have been time to have preset bars, but oh well.
Things are going pretty well so far. I jumped on the scale yesterday and saw I was 5lbs down from when I started. Not really a surprise even though I'm not trying to lose weight at all. I have been feeling good after the workouts, but definitely run down. I don't know how people keep up this intensity all the time. Just a few more weeks left in the experiment so we will see how the final results measure up.
Power Cleans today. Hopefully I don't kill myself.
After the Jared WOD I did
Overhead squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Front squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
Back squat 1-1-1-1-1 reps
I didn't write down the weights for the workout but it was nothing impressive. I'm still working on the overhead squat. Feel like I'm improving but still have some work to do. By the time I got to the back squat I'm was pretty tired and couldn't lift anything near my normal 1 RM.
Next was:
10 rounds with a 2 minute rest in between, of any (or any combination) of:
Swim 100 meters
OR
Run 400 meters
OR
Row 500 meters
OR
Bike 1000 meters
I started with 4 rounds of the 500m row, then 3 rounds of 1000m Bike, and finished with 3 rounds of the 100m swim. Really wasn't a bad workout at all. I'm a terrible swimmer so those intervals were by far the toughest.
The next workout was more cardio intervals:
Three rounds for time of:
Row 500 meters
Run 400 meters
This really wasn't bad at all. I had to do this at the gym so it was kind of annoying running upstairs to get on the treadmill to run the 400m intervals then back down to the rowing machine. I've been bad about writing down my times for these workouts but I'm pretty sure it took me 11 minutes.
I enjoyed the break with the cardio workouts but then it was back to hitting it hard again:
50-35-20 reps of:
Wall balls
Pull-ups
Double-unders
This was a pretty tough one. I'm getting better at kipping pull ups but it was still brutal to do that many. The double unders aren't bad at all.
I had to head to LA during the next workout which was suppose to be:
Complete as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes of:
10 Kettlebell swings, 2 pood
10 Box jumps, 24 inch box
10 Ring dips
At the hotel I just did DB Swings with a 50lb DB, Box Jumps, and MB Push Ups instead of ring dips. No clue how many rounds I made it through. I was just trying to get the workout in between meetings. Luckily it was only 15 minutes.
The next WOD was Snatch balance 1-1-1-1-1-1-1. I had never actually done this exercise before so I wasn't concerned with the weight I was doing. Just wanted to get a feel for the technique. I ended up doing 45-65-75-85-95-100-105-110. I'm getting better at the OH Squat position but it still just squares me to go heavy.
Five rounds for time of:
135 pound barbell Overhead walking lunges, 25 feet
15 Knees to elbows
This was the next WOD for me. I did this at the gym so I couldn't do walking lunges. I figured out it would take me 8 steps to lunge this far so I just did 8 OH lunges. Didn't feel like I could do 135lbs so I did 95lbs. This was a nice and quick one but felt great. This took me about 10 minutes to finish. My abs were pretty sore the next day too.
Next WOD:
Five rounds for time of:
275 pound Deadlift, 5 reps
10 Burpees
I knew I would keep for with 275lbs so I did 225lbs. This took 8:21. Tough but not too bad. Just had to be really careful when going back to deadlifts after burpees. I could see this workout destroying someone if they weren't careful.
Then finally yesterday I did:
For time:
135 pound Thruster, 15 reps
Run 200 meters
95 pound Thruster, 20 reps
Run 400 meters
65 pound Thruster, 30 reps
Run 800 meters
Did all the weights as written. It took 19:18 to finish. Again annoying to have to run upstairs to get to the treadmill and to change weight each round. It would have been time to have preset bars, but oh well.
Things are going pretty well so far. I jumped on the scale yesterday and saw I was 5lbs down from when I started. Not really a surprise even though I'm not trying to lose weight at all. I have been feeling good after the workouts, but definitely run down. I don't know how people keep up this intensity all the time. Just a few more weeks left in the experiment so we will see how the final results measure up.
Power Cleans today. Hopefully I don't kill myself.
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